PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Earl L. Yingling AU - Charles A. Keeley AU - Silas Little AU - James Burtis TI - Reducing Damage to Shade and Woodland Trees From Construction Activities AID - 10.48044/jauf.1979.024 DP - 1979 May 01 TA - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) PG - 97--105 VI - 5 IP - 5 4099 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/5/5/97.short 4100 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/5/5/97.full SO - JOA1979 May 01; 5 AB - Guidelines are given for reducing damage to trees from installing underground utility lines, making road and grade cuts and fills, and constructing home developments. Observations and experience, especially in supervising construction that affected trees on rights-of-way in Maryland, and the available literature provide the basis for the guidelines. Case histories are cited illustrating a range from no apparent injury to extensive damage.